The feature that was introduced to the platform last year for making it more feature-loaded. Initially, the time allowed for deleting the messages was 7 minutes which was later increased to an hour 8 minutes and 16 seconds. Now to make the feature more robust, the company has updated the feature with new additional checks.

As per the report from WABetaInfo, the message will not be deleted after specific time if the recipient of the messages does not receive the delete request. According to the new update, the users will need to send the delete request to the recipient in 13 hours, 8 minutes and 16 seconds for deleting the message, after which the message will not be deleted. For example, if the user sent a message on WhatsApp to his/her friend and wish to delete the message in the conversation, the message will not be deleted his/her friend hasn't received a delete request in the specified time.

Moreover, WhatsApp developers are also working on adding new stickers to the app, but, there is no official time when the feature will be rolled out. However, latest updates indicate that the new feature could be rolled out in couple of weeks.